Figure out a way for Bosch to stay in power either when he was initially ellected in 1962 or return after the Dominican civil war in 1965.
The key issues I see is that when he was ellected, it may have been the result of one of the most honest ellections seen in the Carribean for quite some time. It still failed to swing many in the military and aristocracy, but most importantly the US State Dept that saw United Fruit interests in danger once more. So in 1963 a coup was launched with some foriegn assistance from your's truly that overthrew his government. Thus a close confidant of Trujillo, Juaquin Balaguer was put in power.
However, when it became apparent after that the Dominican Republic will still be in economic decline post-Trujillo and there is still civil unrest growing enough troops defected lead by Colonel Francisco Caamano. They were well on their way to removing the junta from power (think Libyan civil war without obvious foriegn assistance) when LBJ who saw the revolt as a way pro-Communist revolutionaries can shoehorn in and authorized 42,000 troops to put Balaguer back in power.
The question is if there is any way to have Bosch pass (if barely) the CIA and US State Dept duck test against Communism while maintaining popular support? If so, would it have helped avoid the economic stagnation of the Dominican Republic? What would be the consiquences of this concerning US relations and immigration? Non-accumulative bonus on how it could affect Haiti as well.
The key issues I see is that when he was ellected, it may have been the result of one of the most honest ellections seen in the Carribean for quite some time. It still failed to swing many in the military and aristocracy, but most importantly the US State Dept that saw United Fruit interests in danger once more. So in 1963 a coup was launched with some foriegn assistance from your's truly that overthrew his government. Thus a close confidant of Trujillo, Juaquin Balaguer was put in power.
However, when it became apparent after that the Dominican Republic will still be in economic decline post-Trujillo and there is still civil unrest growing enough troops defected lead by Colonel Francisco Caamano. They were well on their way to removing the junta from power (think Libyan civil war without obvious foriegn assistance) when LBJ who saw the revolt as a way pro-Communist revolutionaries can shoehorn in and authorized 42,000 troops to put Balaguer back in power.
The question is if there is any way to have Bosch pass (if barely) the CIA and US State Dept duck test against Communism while maintaining popular support? If so, would it have helped avoid the economic stagnation of the Dominican Republic? What would be the consiquences of this concerning US relations and immigration? Non-accumulative bonus on how it could affect Haiti as well.
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